3-4 July 2012: The
Council of Europe has invited leading experts to discuss how to make full
use of existing Council of Europe and United Nations monitoring mechanisms
for the benefit of children's rights in Europe. Representatives from a
number of Council of Europe monitoring bodies, including the European Court
of Human Rights, the European Committee of Social Rights and the European
Committee for the Prevention of Torture will discuss with experts from UN
agencies, the EU and civil society how to improve children's access to the
rights guaranteed by key human rights treaties.

Participants will assess the difficulties that children experience in
accessing international justice and will identify the measures needed to

- strengthen access of children and their representatives to international
bodies monitoring compliance of States with human rights ;

- strengthen the impact of the findings, conclusions, and decisions of
monitoring bodies with a view to achieve greater respect for children's
rights at national level;

- take into account the special needs of children in detention and children
from minority groups and migrant children;

- include children's views and experiences in their work

The result of this exchange should help the various monitoring bodies to
take concrete steps to increase their impact in the effective protection of
children's rights.